The Ex and Her Riches

It was time to get off work again.

Whitney hesitated whether to head to the underground parking lot.

When I left this morning, Charles refused to join me. I don’t think he’ll pick me up after work, right? But if I don’t go to the underground parking lot and he really did come to drive me home, he’ll be mad when he doesn’t see me. We only argued once yesterday, but the atmosphere between us is really suffocating. There are still eleven months until the end of the contract, and we’ll likely meet each other every day. I can’t keep avoiding him.

After some deliberation, Whitney decided to text him, asking him if he was coming, and then apologize to him.

Charles and I are only a married couple by contract, so I was wrong to overstep my boundary and ask about his past. More than that, I shouldn’t have brought up the matters between him and Gwendolyn.

She tapped on the WhatsApp icon on her phone and immediately saw Charles’ name at the top of the screen.

Just as she was ready to type her message, Lana suddenly came over from the side.

Whitney quickly turned off her phone so Lana wouldn’t see anything.

“Tch, what’s there to hide? Were you texting Isaac? Is it because you want him to pick you up after work? What car does he drive?”

Whitney was a little offended. “I don’t know what car Isaac drives, and I don’t have a relationship with him. But I doubt you’ll believe me, so I won’t repeat myself again in the future.”

Lana rolled her eyes and sashayed back to her desk.

Gripping her phone, Whitney became hesitant to text Charles again even though she had made up her mind earlier.

At that moment, her superior suddenly approached her. “Come to my office, Whitney. I have a task for you tomorrow.”

and followed her

a fast learner, her superior provided her with something new to work on, allowing her to tackle

lasted for

the time Whitney left the office, almost all her colleagues were gone.

expeditiously packing her

underground parking lot and

he definitely would have called to reprimand me after getting anxious from waiting for

Whitney was at a loss for what

from behind her. Thinking that it was Charles, she spun

something to do today and didn’t come to the office all day. I’m guessing he has already returned to the Newton residence. I have a car. How about I send you back home, Mrs.

swirled in Whitney’s eyes as she lowered her

to do, so I may be returning to the Newton residence a bit later than usual. You

wasn’t planning to join him instead of just being polite, Isaac said, “All right, then. You be careful on your way back home

planning to leave the

residence is quite far. I

to a subway to familiarize herself with her

was lying on the bed,

returned from kindergarten, was sitting across from him and doing her

head and looked

serious expression, Benedict, while writing, answered, “I’m planning how to remodel the oceanarium. Then, I’ll hand the plan to Charles. He’ll buy the animals listed on this paper and renovate the

curiosity even more as she moved closer

drawing the plans of the oceanarium, it was a good blueprint, so much so that even Zendaya could

Zendaya noticed he didn’t include the dolphinarium

Do you not want it? Where will my Juju live in

like such immature oceanic creatures. It doesn’t match my style. I want to raise vicious animals that can eat you in

was scared out of her wits. She sobbed out, “You’re lying! You had so much fun with Juju yesterday, yet now you’re calling her immature and want to destroy her home! A-And you want to feed me to scary animals! Do you not love me anymore,